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Opera on your phone; CSO (lite), live and in person
We’ll have to wait until sometime this summer to get the video stream Lyric Opera’s promising of last weekend’s performance ...
Carlo Lorenzo García creates a solo tribute in A Portrait of My Mother
Some people send flowers for Mother’s Day. But for onetime Chicago theatermaker Carlo Lorenzo García, his bouquet for his mom, ...
Remembering Michael Martin
Michael Martin Joe Mazza When word spread last week that actor, director, and playwright Michael Martin had died unexpectedly on ...
A transformative year
From the closings of venues to the cancellations of performances, COVID-19 and its variants have wreaked havoc on the lives ...
Cards with humanity
“Which cereal mascot would be the best kisser?” It’s a question that either elicits a gut-reaction response (for me it’s ...
Hubbard Street and 10,000 Dreams challenge stereotypes while centering AAPI choreographers
Act two: a flute trill hurries over a plodding bassoon, chased by string pizzicato, a merry sound that sounds “fun,” ...
Black creatives never stopped creating
click to enlarge Last Supper by Onzie Norman, Love Letter by Andrew Hill-Fitzgerald, and Isolation by John Miles line a ...
Chicago Inclusive Dance Festival offers a base of support for dance and life
“I don’t think there’s much difference between dance and everyday movement except for intent,” says dancer Robby Lee Williams. “Are ...
Class is in session with The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop
“How do we define ‘professional?'” It was the warm-up question for a social justice workshop I am currently a part ...
Heather Chrisler emerges from the COVID ‘tsunami’ as a triple threat
In March 2020, playwright Heather Chrisler was holding auditions for the world premiere of her first play: an adaptation of ...